Over the last 15 years, the advent of oxygen absorbers has brought a revolution to the entire food storage industries. Their use has increased the storage life of foods and has made the job of putting away food for long term storage much simpler.

It's been reported that shelf life of packaged foods is also prolonged by avoiding food degradation due to oxygen that can lead to the growth of microorganisms. Foods with unsaturated fats and oil also benifit due to their highly susceptibility to oxidation.